2012 FORMULA 1 PETRONAS MALAYSIA GRAND PRIX - RACE RESULT
23 - 25 Mar 2012
Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time / Retired | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Fernando AlonsoALO | Ferrari | 56 | 2:44:51.812 | 25 |
| 2 | 15 | Sergio PerezPER | Sauber Ferrari | 56 | +2.263s | 18 |
| 3 | 4 | Lewis HamiltonHAM | McLaren Mercedes | 56 | +14.591s | 15 |
| 4 | 2 | Mark WebberWEB | Red Bull Racing Renault | 56 | +17.688s | 12 |
| 5 | 9 | Kimi RäikkönenRAI | Lotus Renault | 56 | +29.456s | 10 |
| 6 | 19 | Bruno SennaSEN | Williams Renault | 56 | +37.667s | 8 |
| 7 | 11 | Paul di RestaDIR | Force India Mercedes | 56 | +44.412s | 6 |
| 8 | 17 | Jean-Eric VergneVER | STR Ferrari | 56 | +46.985s | 4 |
| 9 | 12 | Nico HulkenbergHUL | Force India Mercedes | 56 | +47.892s | 2 |
| 10 | 7 | Michael SchumacherMSC | Mercedes | 56 | +49.996s | 1 |
| 11 | 1 | Sebastian VettelVET | Red Bull Racing Renault | 56 | +75.527s | 0 |
| 12 | 16 | Daniel RicciardoRIC | STR Ferrari | 56 | +76.828s | 0 |
| 13 | 8 | Nico RosbergROS | Mercedes | 56 | +78.593s | 0 |
| 14 | 3 | Jenson ButtonBUT | McLaren Mercedes | 56 | +79.719s | 0 |
| 15 | 6 | Felipe MassaMAS | Ferrari | 56 | +97.319s | 0 |
| 16 | 21 | Vitaly PetrovPET | Caterham Renault | 55 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 17 | 24 | Timo GlockGLO | Marussia Cosworth | 55 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 18 | 20 | Heikki KovalainenKOV | Caterham Renault | 55 | +1 lap | 0 |
| 19 | 18 | Pastor MaldonadoMAL | Williams Renault | 54 | DNF | 0 |
| 20 | 25 | Charles PicPIC | Marussia Cosworth | 54 | +2 laps | 0 |
| 21 | 22 | Pedro de la RosaDLR | HRT Cosworth | 54 | +2 laps | 0 |
| 22 | 23 | Narain KarthikeyanKAR | HRT Cosworth | 54 | +2 laps | 0 |
| NC | 14 | Kamui KobayashiKOB | Sauber Ferrari | 46 | DNF | 0 |
| NC | 10 | Romain GrosjeanGRO | Lotus Renault | 3 | DNF | 0 |
Note - Kovalainen penalised five grid spots for safety-car infringement at previous round. Raikkonen penalised five grid spots for unscheduled gearbox change. Karthikeyan finished 21st, but had 20 seconds added to race time for causing a collision.